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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

-Be it known that I, J. S. MUNGER, of`Olean, Cattaraugus county, State of New York, have invented an improved Carpet-Stretcher; and declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 'is a. bottom view of a. carpet-holder with the stretchers applied. i

Figure 2 is a. top view of the same.

Figure 3 is a side View; i

Figure 4 is a. View ot' a lever which may be used in the operation of stretching.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the stretching and fastening of carpets upon floors hy the employment of sharp-pointed dogs or holders, which, in conjunction with metal plates that are hooked to the edge or selvedge of the carpet; will firmly hold the latter to the floor and prevent it from retracting or drawing back during the act of stretching and fastening it down, as will be hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my inventioInI will describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying draw-ings, A represents a strip ofmetal, which may be made of any suitable length and width, and which is constructed with hooks a a, formed on one edge, at suitable distances apart. rlhese hooks are bent under, as shown in figs. 1 and 3, and are designed for fastening the strip securely to the edge of a carpet. At suitable distances apart, along the back edge of the strip A, holes b b are made, which are designed to receive through them pins c, which are driven int-o the door near the Wash-board, and thus to hold the strip and the carpet without the use of nails o r tacks driven through the carpet, as hitherto practised. Near each end of the hooked holding-strip A an oblong slot is'made through it for the purpose of receiving a. tongue, d, which is-forined on the end of a curved dog, B, :1s shown in figs. 1 and 3. The dogs B are both alike in form and construction. Each one is curved in the form of a bow with tw'o or more'divergent sharp-pointed teeth'e e, formed upon one end, for the purpose of penetrating a carpet and attaching themselves to the floor, so as to prevent the drawing backward of the carpet while it is being stretched. The tongues cl on the dogs are inserted into the slots which are through the hooked plates A, after this plat-e is attached to the edge of the carpet. The carpet is then stretched by grasping the two dogs and pressing them forward, at'the same time holding their pointed ends down, so that when the pressure is removed these ends will-catch into the floor and hold the carpet so as to prevent it from drawing hack. By means of these dogs catching into the iloor whenever the carpet is released after it has been stretched, the plate A may be gradually worked up to its proper place and hooked on the pins which are fastened into the iloor. They should be made strong enough to prevent springing whilst holding the carpet under tension, and theyv should he made long enough to admit of being conveniently grasped in the hand. I am aware that hooked plates have heen used before my invention, for the purpose of holding a carpet upon a. floor without'the usc of tacks and nails, and therefore I do not claim this hooked plate as my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent, is

1. The pointed dogs I5, ladapted for use inthe operation of stretching carpets, and constructed substantially :is described.

2. The combination ofjhooked holding-plates A with curved dogs I3, substantially as described.

Witness my hand in the mutter of my improved self-holding carpet-stretcher this day of March, 186i'.

J. S. MUNGER.

Witnesses:

E. C. BROOKS, L. D. STOWELL.

'lhese dogs B may be made of cust or wrought metal.- 

